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A. L. PITNEY.

ROPE 0R LINE CLASP.

No. 372,384. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

INVENTDFK- ATTEST K7WML UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT L. PITNEY, OF W'ASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ROPE OR LINE CLASP.

SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,384, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed October 6, 1887. Serial No. 251,613. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. PITNEY, of IVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a certain Improvement in Rope or Line Clasps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which like letters refer to like parts in the device.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cord-fastener with the cord in place as in actual use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section view of said cord-fastener. .Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lever or clamping devlce.

My present invention has for its object a simple and reliable automatic device for fastening cords, 830., and to obviate the labor of tying and untying.

My invention consists in a case, through which the line is passed, and a clamping dc vice that is, by a strain upon the cord, made to press the same tightly against the upper part of the case.

This improved fastener may be constructed in various forms and its parts arranged in a variety of ways without involving any differ-l ence in principle. One of the different forms ofconstruetion which have suggested themselves to me has a special advantage, and in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 'I have shown it as the one preferred.

In order that others skilled in the art or manufacture may fully understand my invention, I will particularly describe the preferred construction and regard the same as typical of all, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

A represents a long narrow open ease or retainer, of metal or other suitable material, that, with the lever B placed in proper position, forms a complete line-clasp. The case at the front end, 1, is drawn down and closed on top, in order to deflect the course of the cord from a direct line, thereby always insuring a bearing upon the lever-arm and a pressure upon the cord where it passes over the toothed end of the lever.

13 represents a lever with an opening, 2, at the upper central part for the passage of the cord. This opening acts as a guide in directing and keeping the cord in place and line. Above the opening 2 is an ear, 3, for the purpose of raising the lever when desired to release the cord. In front of the opening 2 is the toothed face 4 for holding or clamping the cord when a pressure is placed upon the leverarm 5. The lever may be used in the same clasp, singly or in duplicate, &c., as desired, one lever for each cord.

0 represents an ordinary label-holder, used in this instance as the bottom of the case, and to be used always when desired to have cordfastener and label-holder combined.

To open the clasp or release the cord take the ear or the upper part of the lever between the thumb and finger, and raise and draw toward you.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a cord-fastener, the combination of the case with the lever pivoted at its central part to the sides of the case, and also having an opening through its upper central part to retain and direct the cord, and provided with a toothed face for clamping the cord to the case,

substantially as shown and described.

2. In a cord-fastener, the combination of the case with the lever pivoted at its central part to the case, and also having an opening through its upper central part to retain and direct the cord, and provided with a toothed face for clamping the cord, and an outer lever-arm for insuring the bearing upon the cord, substan tially as shown and described.

3. In a cord-fastener, the combination of the case with the lever pivoted at its central part to the sides of the case, and also having an opening through its upper central part to retain and direct the cord, and provided with a toothed face for clamping the cord, and an outer lever-arm to insure pressure upon the cord, and an ear to grasp to release the cord, substantially as shown and described.

ALBERT L. PITNEY.

"Witnesses:

WM. NAYLOR,

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